Cyrus Ressel was charged with fornication and bastardy with Catherine Hoover of Providence Township (Lancaster County) , reported the Lancaster Daily Intelligencer On This Day in 1880. Hoover is the mother of twins, whom were fathered by Ressel. They appeared in the Court of Quarter Sessions. Source Lancaster Daily Intelligencer. ( Lancaster , PA ), 19 October 1880. Chronicling America : Historic American Newspapers . Library of Congress. On This Day is a prompt to further explore historical events. © Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman, 2015
by Jeanne Ruczhak-Eckman